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PATENT MAX RUBIN, OF NEW YQRILN. Y.

GLOVE-FASTEN ER.

SFECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 376,912, dated'J'an'uary 24, 1888. I

Application filed June 10, IP87.

To aZZ whom it'imay concern..- V

Be it known that I, MAX RUBIN, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Glove,- Fasteners, of which the following is a specification. o This invention relates to an improved fastener for gloves, shoes,"pocket-books, satchels,

i and similar articles.

' The invention consists in the combination, with a spring catch or clasp composed of a sheet-metal base plate provided with curved j springjaws made integral therewith, the conin closed position.

Vex faces of the jaws facing each other, of a connecting-tongue composed of a tubularsheetmetal shank having enlarged ends made integral therewith, said springcatch and connecting-tongue being fastened to thcmaterial to be connected. In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a front view of my improved fastener for gloves and other articles, showing it Fig. 2; is a front View showing the parts ofthe fastener detachedfrom eaclr other. Fig. 3 is avertical longitudinal section on line mm, Fig; 1. Fig. 4 is a vertical transversesection on lineyy, Fig. 1; and Figs. 5 and 6 are top views ofthe blanks from which the parts composing the fastener are made.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, A represents a spring catch; or clasp which is attached to the glove at one,

side or. the wrist-opening of: the same, or'to the underlapping part of the shoe or other article to which the fastener is applied.

B represents the connecting tongueor bar,

which is attached to-the glove at the opposite side of the wristopening, or to the overlapping part of the shoe or other article.

The spring catch or clasp A'is composed of a base-plate,u, and of spring-jaws a, which are bent towardieach other innearly circular shape, as shown in Fig. 4, the jaws and baseplate being made integral with each other from a blank of the shape shown in Fig. 6. The base-plate A isattached to the glove by a rivet,

' d, that is passed through an opening of the base-plate a and the glove, as shown clearly in Fig. 3. The connectingbar or tongue Bis providcd with a tubular shank, b, which'may be Serial No. 240,861. (No model.)

re enforced by an interior piece of'wire, b,

and with enlarged ends I) of round brother I shape, forming shoulders or offsets, the shank s5 g and enlarged'ends being bent up from one sheet or blank of sheet metal, as shownv in Fig. 5. The inner end, b, of the connecting; tongue or bar B is, like the base-plated, at-

tached to the glove bya rivet, d, as shown in 7 Fig.3. I

For closingthefastener, the shankh of the tongue B is-pressedbetween the jaws aof the spring-catch A and retained by the spring} shank retains the same securely in position, as

. 27 When the fastener is in closed position, the

shown in Figflt. 1

enlarged end b covers the rivet d of the spring-I clasp A, as' shown in Fig. 1,,whereby a neat appearanceis imparted to the fastening device. I Instead of fastening 'thespring-clasp and thej connecting-tongue by means'vof rivets :to' the j glove or other article, it may be fastened by,

other equivalent means.

When the fastener is used for pocketbooks or satchels, the connecting bar or tongue may 8o I behingedto a'plate attached to theflap or otherbverlapping part of the article,'while;

the fastening of the tongue to the spring-clasp takes place in the same manner.

' When it is desired to openthe fastener, the enlarged end I) of the tongue B istaken hold of and liftedagainst the pressure of the springjaws until it clears the same and opens thereby the fastener.

is to pull the connecting-tongue over the spring catch, placing the shank over the space-be- T tween the jaws and pressingon the enlarged v end of the connecting-tongue, so'that the spring-jaws give sufficiently to engage and-re- 9 tain the shank of the tongue.

' If desired, the parts may be ornamented in I For closingthe fastener, all that is necessary 6 any suitable manner, especially the connecting-bar with its enlarged ends, and thereby a l more ornamental, appearance imparted to the ice fastener. Having thus described my invention, I clainr i rrcnrv as new and desire to secure by Letters Patbe connected, so that the tubular shank of the ent connecting-tongue can be forced in between In the described fastening device for gloves the spring-jaws and be retained by the en- 15 and other articles, the combination of the conlarged end, substantially as set forth.

5 necting-tongue composed of a sheet-metal tu: In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my bnlar shank having an enlarged end made ininvention I have signed my name in presence tegral therewith and forming shoulders or offof two subscribing witnesses.

sets, with a spring catch or clasp composed of 1 a sheet-meta1base-plate having curved spring- MAX RUBIN 1o jaws made integral therewith, the convex faces WVitnesses:

of the jaws facing each other, said spring-catch PAUL GOEPEL, and tongue being fastened to the material to I CARL KARI). 

